St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
Publish Date: 2025-02-21
Bulletin Contents
St Nectarios Weekly Bulletin
Service Calendar
Message from Father John
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
About Us

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St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (509) 547-3968
  • Fax:
  • none / Facebook Group: "Saint Nectarios - Pasco"
  • Street Address:

  • 627 West Bonneville Street

  • Pasco, WA 99301
  • Mailing Address:

  • 627 West Bonneville Street

  • Pasco, WA 99301

Contact Information

Mrs Tamara G Droppo
Board President

[email protected] | 5093668745

Services Schedule

    Online DIVINE LITURGY - 10:00am

or

    In-church TYPICA Reader Service - 10:00am

Past Bulletins


St Nectarios Weekly Bulletin

(Updated 2/19/2025)

02/19/2025

 

Upcoming Services:

Saturday, February 22

New Item: 10AM In-church Divine Liturgy with Father Dean + Fellowship Time

5PM Online Vespers (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

Sunday, February 23
10AM Online Divine Liturgy 

Saturday, March 1
5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

 Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco

Service Schedule: The St Nectarios Bulletin lists the full schedule for our church Services.

St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church

Serving Tricity Orthodox Christians

627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301

All are welcome at St. Nectarios!


Announcements

2025 Calendars and Holy water bottles are now be available at the church.  Yes, the calendars finally arrived!

2024 Saint Nectarios Donation letters were mailed in January. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Service Schedule:  The St Nectarios Bulletin lists the full schedule for our regular online and in church Services.

For information, questions, and appointments - call Jim/Tammy Droppo 5O9 366-8745 or send email to [email protected]


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Service Calendar

  • Saint Nectarios

    February 22 to March 16, 2025

    Saturday, February 22

    10:00AM in church Divine Liturgy with Father Dean

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, February 23

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Saturday, March 1

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, March 2

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Friday, March 7

    7:00PM Online Akathist to St. Nectarios (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Saturday, March 8

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, March 9

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Saturday, March 15

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, March 16

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

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Message from Father John

PREPARATIONS FOR OUR JOURNEY, OUR SPIRITUAL TRIP TO AND DESTINATION TO PASCHA, EASTER.

In our cellular phone, we insert our destination and let the Google maps guide us along the way. But when it comes to our Easter destination there are no Google maps. Christ and his church point the way to us. Christ through His Church leads us.
Great lent is a journey, a trip, towards our destination: Easter, the victory of Christ over death. The Sundays before Great Lent offer us the spiritual and material supplies that we will need to bring with us to be successful. They are: Great and deep faith in God (the Canaanite woman); humility (the repented tax collector); repentance (the repented Prodigal Son); philanthropy, almsgiving toward the needy fellowman (the Sunday of the Last Judgement).

The gospel lesson for this Sunday outlines what we need to do for our salvation: Christ Himself told us, “I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to see me.“
When the righteous wondered when did they do this for Christ, He answered them, “assuredly, I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.”

God is love. Christ summarized all the commandments in the great commandment of love: total love for God and love for our fellowman. With such love we will reach our destination. This Sunday's gospel lesson outlines the concrete steps we need to take to show our love for our fellow man. For the Christian faith is not a theory, but a way of life. Christ himself showed us, by his teaching and example, how to respond to the needs of our fellow man. He invited us to imitate His example and follow in His steps.

The Christian Church practiced philanthropy from the very beginning. The 7 elected deacons were appointed to carry out the philanthropy of the first Christian Community in Jerusalem. Every Orthodox Church around the world has a Philoptochos chapter to carry out its philanthropic work. St. Demetrios Church, in Seattle, in addition to the work of Philoptochos, just remodeled the adjacent house and named it “Philoxenia,” the hospitality home, for the families who come from other States or Countries to Fred Hutch Cancer Institute for therapy. It also has the “Philanthropia” house for the care of the elderly.

Each Christian is called to imitate Christ and assist his fellowman in his need according to his ability. Our Church, following the teaching and example of Christ, invites all of us to adopt the spiritual disciplines she offers us during this liturgical season to successfully live the upcoming great lent and successfully arrive at Easter.

With love, Fr. John

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Saints and Feasts

February 21

Meatfare Friday

February 21

Timothy the Righteous

Saint Timothy took up the monastic life from his youth, became a vessel of the Holy Spirit, and reposed in deep old age.

February 21

John III, Patriarch of Constantinople

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Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion for Timothy the Righteous in the Fourth Tone

O God of our Fathers, ever dealing with us according to Thy gentleness: take not Thy mercy from us, but by their entreaties guide our life in peace.

Apolytikion for the Church in the First Tone

The Offspring of Selyvria and Guardian of Aegina, the true friend of virtue who appeared in the last years. Oh Nectarios we faithful honor you as a godly servant of Christ! For you bring forth healings of every kind for those who piously cry out: Glory to Christ who has glorified you, Glory to him who made you wondrous, glory to him who workest healings for all through you.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.

The translations of hymns are under copyright and used by permission. All rights reserved. These works may not be further reproduced, in print or on other websites or in any other form, without the prior written authorization of the copyright holder:

  • Apolytikion for Timothy the Righteous in the Fourth Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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    Gospel and Epistle Readings

    Epistle Reading

    Prokeimenon. Grave Tone. Psalm 98.9,1.
    Exalt the Lord our God.
    Verse: The Lord reigns; let the people tremble.

    The reading is from St. John's Second Universal Letter 1:1-13.

    The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth, because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:

    Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.

    I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father. And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love. For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward. Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son. If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting; for he who greets him shares his wicked work.

    Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

    The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen.

    Gospel Reading

    Meatfare Friday
    The Reading is from Mark 15:20,22,25,33-41

    At that time, the soldiers took Jesus and led him out to be crucified. And they brought him to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull). And it was the third hour, when they crucified him. And when the sixth hour had come there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah. " And one ran and, filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that he thus cried out and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God! There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

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    About Us

    ST. NECTARIOS GREEK ORTHODOX MISSION CHURCH
    Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco.
    This Tri-Cities Christian Orthodox Community has a church located at 627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301. All are invited to attend. A light lunch fellowship time normally follows the In-Church Liturgy and Typica Services.
    Prayers:  Please send us (or call us) with names of those you would like to be included in our prayers for healing.  Frist names may be entered in the St Nectarios - Pasco Group. 
    INFORMATION SOURCES
    For information on services and activities, you may:
    1) access our "Saint Nectarios - Pasco" Facebook Group:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/334558973222227/
    2) access the church website:
     (copy/paste this url) https://www.stnectariostricities.org/ for Welcome to Our Parish Website | St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission (stnectariostricities.org) 
    3)  The online  (copy/paste this url) ../../../../../stnectariospasco/ for Saint Nectarios Bulletin  is the best source of up to date) information on church Services and activities. ( http://bulletinbuilder.org/stnectariospasco/  )
    NOTIFICATIONS 
    To receive the weekly Services Reminder  by email, please send an email request.
    For those not connected to the internet,  please call Jim (on 5O9 366 8745) to request either
        a) by a phone call on the 'week of the in-church Service'
           or
        b) by a weekly smart-phone Service reminder text message.
    CHURCH SERVICES
    Greek Orthodox Divine Liturgy.  Each month, we try to have at least one Divine Liturgy  (with a visiting Priest).  That Service is normally on a Saturday (or a Special Service/Feast weekday) and is scheduled when a Priest is available.  In addition to communion during the Service, private meetings with the Priest are available by appointment (for personal matters, planning future events, and Confession).
    Special Invitation - Saint Nectarios Church welcomes all: During Divine Liturgy, which is mostly in English, the Lord's Prayer is said by parishioners in their native languages.  Currently the prayer is normally said in English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Greek.  If you wish to participate (and perhaps add a language), just let us know.
    On most weeks, we remotely celebrate Saturday Vespers  and Sunday Online Divine Liturgy  with Father John in the Seattle area.  During the remote Divine Liturgy, Communion is served to Father's attending family and friends - but is unavailable to those participating online.
    Online Greek Orthodox Vespers and Other Special Services are normally celebrated online with Father John in Seattle.  The link for joining Zoom to actively participate in on-line Services is
    https://goarch.zoom.us/j/98009355049?pwd=UmttUUN2aG4raUc4WS9Zelo1REYxdz09
    On the last Sunday of each month, there normally is a Typica Reader Service  with a Parish Fellowship Time.  This in-Church Service is held as an opportunity to bring the local community together - and hopefully eventually returning St. Nectarios to having a full time Priest.
    All are welcome to join in the celebration these Christian Orthodox Services.

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    Coptic Church Services

    Tri-Cities Coptic Church Services
    Saint Mary and Saint Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church.    This Coptic Church is currently holding services at the St. Nectarios Church.  A Saturday or Sunday Holy Liturgy with a visiting Priest is normally held once per month either in the Tricities or in Spokane.  All are invited to attend. A fellowship time and Christian Study Class for older students normally follows the Services.  For more information, please contact Nader Samaan ([email protected]) or access the website: 
     (copy/paste this url) https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/ for https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/

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    Contact us
    Have Bulletin input? Have Suggestions/Questions?  Want Help or Information?
    Call Jim/Tammy Droppo, 5O9 366-8745.

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